Once a farmer lost his watch in his barn，in which lots of grain was kept. The watch，【小题1】 was a gift from his father，was very important to him and he was determined to find it.

After searching the barn for a long time，however，he gave up and asked for help from a group of children who were playing nearby. He promised 【小题2】（give）a great reward to whoever found the watch.

【小题3】 （hear）this，the children hurried inside the barn immediately. They 【小题4】（search）everywhere but still could not find the watch buried in the grain. The farmer was about to give up 【小题5】 a little boy went up to him and asked to be given 【小题6】 second chance.

The farmer looked at him and thought，“Why not？After all，this kid looks honest.”

So the farmer sent the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out 【小题7】 the watch in his hand！The farmer，【小题8】（surprise）but happy，asked the boy how he succeeded in finding the watch.

The boy replied，“I did nothing but sit 【小题9】（quiet）and listen for the sound of the watch.”

This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think 【小题10】（well）than an excited one.

Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It   【小题1】 (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it 【小题2】 (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of   【小题3】 most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.

But the river wasn’t changed in a few days 【小题4】even a few months. It took years of work 【小题5】(reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 【小题6】(clean) than ever.

Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you leave a habit【小题7】 is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?

While there are amazing 【小题8】 ( story) of instant transformation, for most of us they are gradual and require a lot【小题9】effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be 【小题10】 (patience).

Over the years I 【小题1】 (teach) children about a simple but powerful concept — the ant philosophy (哲学), 【小题2】 amazing four-part philosophy.

First, ants never quit. If they’re heading somewhere and you try to stop them, they’ll climb over, they’ll climb under, and they’ll climb around. They never quit 【小题3】 (look) for a way to get where they 【小题4】 (suppose) to go. Second, ants think about winter all summer. They are always gathering their winter food in the middle of summer and they are making 【小题5】 (prepare) for the long cold winter. So you have to think about storms in summer, think about rocks 【小题6】 you enjoy the sand and sun. Third, ants think about summer all winter. During the winter, ants remind 【小题7】 (them), “This won’t last long. We’ll soon be out of here.” On the first warm day, the ants are out. If it 【小题8】 (turn) cold again, they’ll dive back down, but they come out again if it is warm. Last, how much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that it 【小题9】 (possible) can. 【小题10】 you can learn from the ant philosophy is: Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.